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Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 PST
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 11PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)--
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)181616161515141414131313141414131315141418181616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)326363443620558754734665636651563563615534452331273279329366448540604859
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
5
ENE
0
S
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
1.10
9:17AM
1.74
11:38PM
1.12
9:53AM
1.72
12:05AM
1.16
10:30AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15PM
-0.23
3:08AM
0.86
4:46PM
-0.25
3:48AM
0.82
5:16PM
-0.24
4:31AM
0.78
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-----7:16-------7:16-------7:16--
Sunset-------5:17-------5:19-------5:20
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020181921201919181817171920191715181817192019
Feels °C (?)171717151518181716151412121516161413141514161817
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